Tired Creek Dam: Upstream upset

Georgia county's quest for a fishing lake raises Leon County concerns about impact on Ochlockonee

12:35 AM,
Dec. 9, 2012

Leon County officials fear a lack of coordination between the Tired Creek Dam and Jackson Bluff Dam, which forms Lake Talquin, pictured here at sunrise, will harm this and other lakes in the river's Florida watershed.

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Dreamed of for decades by county officials here - and dreaded for just as long by environmental groups and downstream Leon County - construction of the Tired Creek Dam is poised to begin about 30 miles north of the state line on a tributary of the Ochlockonee River.

Tallahassee water-quality expert Sean MyGlynn said the plan, so fraught with environmental concerns, was long considered a "dog that wouldn't hunt."